Kevin Hood | |
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| Born | Kevin Hood |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1987−present |
| Known for | Grange Hill,Becoming Jane |
Kevin Hood is aplaywright and screenwriter who is perhaps best known for contributing scripts to theBBC television seriesGrange Hill and the 2007 filmBecoming Jane.
A successfulplaywright from 1987 to 1998, Hood wrote the playsBeached,Astronomer's Garden,Sugar Hill Blues,Hammett's Apprentice, andSo Special. During this period, Hood delved into television. He wrote episodes ofMedics andGrange Hill, a popular school drama forBBC. Later he co-devised the crime dramaSilent Witness, writing four episode scripts. Hood also penned the screenplay for the 1998 television filmThe Echo, a thriller starringClive Owen, as well as the serialIn a Land of Plenty featuringRobert Pugh andMan and Boy withIoan Gruffudd.[1]
In 2004,Ecosse Films hired Hood to aid in the development of a screenplay forBecoming Jane, a 2007 film depicting the early life ofJane Austen. ScreenwriterSarah Williams had completed several drafts at the time of Hood's entry to the project. Robert Bernstein, a producer with Ecosse, believed that Hood's past work contained "a romantic sensibility. There is a poetic quality about his writing as well as there being a rigorous emotional truth which I thought was important for Jane."[1] Hood agreed to join the production because he believed "the story is such an important one and very much the inspiration forPride and Prejudice."[1] He worked on the script with directorJulian Jarrold over a two-year period.[2]
In 2011, Hood was reported to be attached as the screenwriter forReykjavík, a drama film about theCold War. Media sources reported that it was to be directed and produced byRidley Scott, though they also questioned whether his schedule would fit such a film.[3][4] The film is set to starMichael Douglas asRonald Reagan andChristoph Waltz asMikhail Gorbachev, and was to begin shooting in March 2013.[5]
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